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RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JR
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 11, 1938 – June 9, 1968
Service recordRichard Carolinus Yeend JR, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 17
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ
- Born
- October 11, 1938
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; 32 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “37 AIR RES & RECOV SQ”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 17
- ROBERT BALLMajor · June 10, 1968
- EDWARD DALE BENNETTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- ROGER THOMAS BURROWSLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ELMER LARRY HOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 9
- JAMES DOUGLAS LOCKERSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 10
- JACK COLUMBUS RITTICHIERLieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 14
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.